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Laborious Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

Identifying "adjuncts" and "complements" in the following sentences

Hi there teachers:

I'm trying to identify the "Adjuncts" and "Complements" in the following sentences. I have written below the sentences what parts/elements I think the "Adjuncts" are and what parts/elements the " Complements" are. Could you please check my answers if you have some free time?


1. Shyma took the milk from the milkman and placed the jar on the kitchen table.

[Complements to the verb "took": I."the milk", ii. "from the milkman"

Complements to the verb "place":

I. "the jar", ii. "on the kitchen table"

(there's no Adjuncts here)]

2. Kitty cat had been waiting for this.

[Complements to the verb "wait":

The Prepositional phrase "for this". (No Adjuncts here, too.)]

3. She waited for Shyma to leave the kitchen and the minute she left, Kitty jumped on the table and quickly reached for the jar.

[Complements to the verb "wait":

I. "for Shyma", ii. "to leave the kitchen"

Complements to the verb "reach":

the Prepositional phrase "for the jar"

Adjuncts: I."on the table", qualifying the verb "jumped", ii. "quickly", qualifying the verb "reached"]

4. Seeing a cat drinking the milk, she got really angry.

[Complements: I. "a cat", acting as a complement to the verb "seeing", ii. "drinking the milk", functioning as a catenative complement to the catenative verb "seeing", iii. "the milk", acting as a complement to the verb "drinking", iv. "really angry", acting as a complement to the linking verb "got"

Adjunct: "really", within the adjective phrase "really angry"]

  

Top answer

Laborious 1. Shyma took the milk from the milkman and placed the jar on the kitchen table . "the milk", ii.

  • Laborious 1.
  • Shyma took the milk from the milkman and placed the jar on the kitchen table .
  • "the milk", ii.
  • "from the milkman"Complements to the verb "place":I.
  • "the jar", ii.
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Laborious1. Shyma took the milk from the milkman and placed the jar on the kitchen table. [Complements to the verb "took": I."the milk", ii. "from the milkman"Complements to the verb "place":I. "the jar", ii. "on the kitchen table"(there's no Adjuncts here)]

Yes.

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